Norway GeoArt #40 Nordkapp Traditional Cache
Hidden : 11/10/2014
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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#40 Nordkapp



Nordkapp (English: North Cape) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Honningsvåg, where most residents live.
Some 200,000 tourists visit Nordkapp annually during the two to three months of summer. The main tourist attractions are the North Cape and the nearby Knivskjellodden. The North Cape first became famous when the English explorer Richard Chancellor rounded it in 1553 while attempting to find a sea route through the Northeast Passage. Helnes Lighthouse is located at the entrance to the Porsangerfjorden.



The municipality's most famous place, after which it is named, is Nordkapp (North Cape). This 307-metre (1,007 ft) high cliff is commonly referred to as the northernmost point of Europe, however, this is not accurate. The northernmost point of the European mainland is Cape Nordkinn (Kinnarodden), at 71° 08′ 02″ North, located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the village of Mehamn on the Nordkinn Peninsula. If Europe's northernmost point is allowed to be on an island, then it still is not the North Cape. It would be Cape Fligelyon Rudolf Island, Franz Josef Land in Russia, which is located much further north at 81° 48′ 24″ North. If Franz Josef Land is not considered to be in Europe, then Europe's northernmost point is the northern point of the island of Rossøya, an islet in Svalbard, north of Spitsbergen at 80° 49′ 44.41″ North.
Nordkapp is, however, the northernmost point to which one can drive a car.

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Decryption Key

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(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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